I’m kicking myself I never bought a place in foster city. It was $300k for a 2 bedroom back them.
Here’s my take on bay area housing. If you like sort of like UTC.
1. Look in Palo Alto and Mountain View.
Foster City is nice, but up in there, it’s kinda boring.
Redwood Shores is really boring and Deadwood City (eh Redwood City) is a dump. The advantage is you’re closer to Half Moon Bay, if you’re into slightly outdoor stuff.
Mountain View is nice, because they re-did a part of Castro, and there’s a lot of nice places on that part. Plus it’s close enough to cupertino, where you can find the ranch 99 plus strip mall of chinese stuff. Also, you’re far enough down you can take the 237 to milpitas where you have other nice places (dimsum, chinese-muslim restaurant, more strip malls etc).
Palo Alto is nice, because you have all the stuff on University.
I campted out in Sunnyvale and Santa Clara. It’s not bad, but it’s kinda out of the way. I liked it because I was right off the freeway, and could easily get to Fry’s, Costco, Home Depot, the AMC theater, Great America, and I loved to drive.
East bay… Well, I guess I’m sort of snooty. I think it blows. I mean, the only part that I’d consider personally is if I had a family. Then I *might* consider Fremont, specifically Mission San Jose area, because of the school district. But that’s it. It’s nicer to be on the other side.
ah, I miss the bay area. You going to work for Facebook or Google? 🙂
